Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect to face U.S. charges (www.nytimes.com)

A man connected to the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Natalee Holloway, an American teenager, will be temporarily extradited to the United States from Peru to face extortion and wire fraud charges, the Peruvian authorities said on Wednesday.

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The suspect, Joran van der Sloot, is a citizen of the Netherlands who grew up in Aruba and has been linked for years to Ms.

According to the F.B.I., she was last seen leaving an Aruba nightclub in a car with him and two other young men around 130 a.m.